Reds expect new manager to be a leader

1:54 PM,
Oct. 23, 2013

Bryan Price listens to a question after being named manager of the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday in Cincinnati.

Written by

Paul Daugherty
Cincinnati Enquirer

There is no job in sports more dependent on intangibles and perceptions than managing a baseball team. The Reds swooned late in 2013 because Dusty Baker didn't "hold his players accountable." They didn't hit so great, either, a fact we've chosen to ignore.

The Reds faltered because Baker was a buddy, not a leader. And, maybe, because Pittsburgh acquired Marlon Byrd in August. Baker's Reds "weren't motivated." Nobody else in a Reds uniform exactly filled the leadership suit. But, you know, never mind.

Bryan Price is the new manager. He seems to have lots of the proper intangibles. That is the ...